Capito Edges Closer to Morrisey in West Virginia’s GOP Gubernatorial Primary Polling

Published on May 14, 2024

There’s some familiar names among the six Republicans running to succeed term-limited Gov. Jim Justice in West Virginia’s May 14 GOP gubernatorial primary. Two members of Mr. Justice’s cabinet—State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and State Secretary of State Mac Warner—are in the running. Also on the ballot is former state Del. Moore Capito, whose mother is U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) and grandfather was Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr., and businessman Chris Miller, whose mother is Rep. Carol Miller (R-W.V.) and is facing a challenging primary in her reelection bid. The winner of the GOP preliminary between these four candidates and the lesser-known Kevin Christian and Mitch Roberts will take on three-term Huntington Mayor Steve Williams, unopposed in the Democrat primary, in November as the prohibitive favorite in deep red West Virginia....

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